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by WarOnPrivacy 777 days ago
> someone was looking to buy Paramount for $26B

Sony and Apollo Capitol 'expressed an interest'.

BigCorp buys BigCorp deals seem to be about consolidating the market to 1)reduce competition 2)raise prices 3)kill jobs = a)raise bonuses b)promise a higher stock value. Also synergy.

We'll get a pre-merger announcement about creating new jobs; biz media everywhere will excitedly amplify it.

Typically, the DoJ can't rubber stamp these deals fast enough but sometimes they balk - or at least pretend to.